WEBVTT WLWT NEWS 5'S ANDREW SETTERS HASMORE ON WHAT HAPPENED AND HOWTHE VICTIMS GOT OUT.>> EVERYTHING.I DON'T HAVE NOTHING BUT WHAT IHAVE ON, AND MY KEYS AND THAT'SIT.I DON'T HAVE ANYTHINANDREW: BRITTANY RICHARDSON NOTONLY HAD TO JUMP FROM HERBALCONY TO ESCAPE THE FIRE ATTOWERVIEW APARTMENTS, SHE ALSOHAD TO CONVINCE HER 9-YEAR-OLDDAUGHTER ZYAIRE TO FOLLOW HER.>> I HAD TO GO FIRST AND THENSHE CAME.A GUY WHO LIVES IN THE BUILDINGHELPED ME GET HER OFF THEBALCONY BECAUSE HER ARM WASSTUCK IN THE POLE.ANDREW: THEY ARE A LITTLE BANGEDUP, BUT OTHERWISE OK AFTERJUMPING FROM THE SECOND FLOOR OFTHE HOMES ON WEST NORTH BENDROAD.OTHER VICTIMS MADE THE LEAP FROMEVEN HIGHER.MORE PEOPLE WERE RESCUED BYFIREFIGHTERS AS THE FLAMES ANDSMOKE MOVED THROUGH THEBUILDING.>> OUR APARTMENT IS BURNED UPAND NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE'S GOINGTO BE HOMELESS AND WE'RE NOTGOING TO HAVE NOWHERE TO STAY.ANDREW: THE RICHARDSONS ARE NOTALONE.21 PEOPLE WERE LEFT HOMELESS BYTHE FIRE.FIVE PEOPLE HURT BUT NONE WITHLIFE THREATENING INJURIES.WE TALKED TO ONE MAN WHOSEGIRLFRIEND JUMPED FROM THE THIRDFLOOR BALCONY.>> A LOT OF SMOKE AND A LOT OFFLAMES.THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT.SHE JUST SAID SHE WANTED TO GETOUT OF THERE.SHE'S OK.SHE'S DOING FINE.SHE'S A LITTLE FRACTURED UP.SHE'S AT THE HOSPITAL IN THEEMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.ANDREW: THE RED CROSS IS HELPINGTHE PEOPLE LEFT HOMELESS, BUTMANY HAVE LOST EVERYTHING.>> I AIN'T NEVER BEEN IN NOSITUATION LIKE THIS, SO I DON'TKNOW WHERE I GO FROM HERE.ANDREW: DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT$200,000.

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"Our apartment is burned up and now a lot of people’s going to be homeless and we’re not going to have nowhere to stay," said Brittany Richardson.

Richardson jumped from the second floor balcony of her apartment, and her 9-year-old daughter Zyaire followed her down. Both avoided serious injury.

“I was just trying to make sure that my daughter was safe," Richardson said.

The fire was reported at about 3:30 a.m. in the 2600 block of West North Bend Road. Fire officials said that some residents were jumping from the building and were on the ground before they arrived.

Firefighters rescued more people who were trapped on a third-floor balcony, officials said.

The American Red Cross is helping 13 adults and eight children who were displaced by the fire.

Fire officials report that smoke detectors were present in the building but they were not operational. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. Officials estimate that the building sustained $200,000 in damage.